CRI vs. PVH, COLM, HBI, GIII, OXM, MOV, FOSL, VRA, RL, and TPR
Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Vera Bradley (VRA), Ralph Lauren (RL), and Tapestry (TPR). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Carter's vs. Its Competitors
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
PVH has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. PVH pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
PVH currently has a consensus price target of $98.27, indicating a potential upside of 53.13%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $36.80, indicating a potential upside of 15.25%. Given PVH's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PVH is more favorable than Carter's.
PVH has a net margin of 8.13% compared to Carter's' net margin of 8.11%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat PVH's return on equity.
In the previous week, PVH had 24 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for PVH and 8 mentions for Carter's. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat PVH's score of 0.00 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of PVH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Carter's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PVH received 662 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PVH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PVH beats Carter's on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CRI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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